π Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app π Angela Rayner has stepped back into the spotlight this week and straight into controversy. Her blunt intervention – warning the government is running out of time, criticising its record on “change”, and calling parts of Labour’s immigration policy “un-British” – has sparked…
At 6 feet 3 and 250 pounds, with arms thicker than a Shohei Ohtani wooden bat, Abraham Datte is someone on the campus of Monroe Highthat you want to stay close to. Heβs been the heavyweight wrestling champion in the City Section for two years. Heβs the deputy chief in the schoolβs Fire Academy Magnet…
Many people underestimate how much they spend on subscriptions and memberships. Consumers think they spend around $90 a month, according to one survey. But when asked to actually add up those recurring fees, the average came to $220 a month β more than twice as much. Coming up at 9 a.m. on Monday, MPR News…
Hey, hey, theyβre the Runarounds, the latest Pinocchio band to straddle the line between fiction and fact. Meet Charlie (William Lipton), guitar! Heβs a romantic! Neil (Axel Ellis), also guitar! Not just a pothead! (He reads Ferlinghetti.) Topher (Jeremy Yun), lead guitar! The quiet one! Wyatt (Jesse Golliher), bass! The even quieter one! And Bez…
Professional setbacks can be opportunities in disguise: a chance to look inward, take stock and grow as a person. Or, if youβre the protagonist of Park Chan-wookβs bleakly comedic thriller, you can bypass all that and just kill your rivals. In todayβs brutal job market, murder might be a smarter career move than networking. βNo…
Seen through algae-laden green water, a tear in the recently applied sealant can be seen on the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 18, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Oliver Contreras | Afp | Getty Images PresidentΒ DonaldΒ TrumpΒ on Saturday announced that federal authorities had made “multiple arrests” of people he said were vandalizing theΒ Reflecting…
Cleveland Guardians designated hitter David Fry was hit in the face by a 99-mph fastball thrown Tuesday by Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal at Ohioβs Progressive Field. During a sixth-inning at-bat, Fry was attempting to bunt when the ball missed the bat completely and hit him in the nose and mouth area. He fell to…
Every month we interview top chefs from around the UK, hearing about their cheap food hacks, views on the industry and more.βββββββ This time, we speak to multiple Michelin-starred chef Kenny Atkinson, chef-owner at Solstice and House of Tides in Newcastle and Solaya in London. I’ve been fortunate to work under some amazing chefs… but…
The first time Angel βAngel Babyβ Rodriguez heard Art Laboe on the radio, he was 13, in his fatherβs garage in the City of Industry. Laboe was introducing βNite Owlβ (1955) by Tony Allen and the Champs. βHis voice caught me first,β Rodriguez told me, βthat very distinctive tone, and then I heard the listeners…
Hantavirus is suspected of spreading aboard a luxury cruise ship, killing three passengers and sparking new concerns as a once obscure disease, with an extraordinarily high death rate, rises amid changing climate conditions. Officials are still trying to determine what happened aboard the ship, which commands fares of up to $28,845 for a 46-day journey…